A 3rd-grade lesson plan that covers: Newcomer Writing using the 8 phases of explicit instruction for writing by Calderon and Slakk (2018): 1) Pre-teach the most important vocabulary; 2) Use a Mentor text for reading before writing; 3) Present the text structure to use; 4) Model it (Model each phase of the writing process); 5) Memorize it (Ensure that students memorize the language and steps of the strategy); 6) Support it (Scaffold according to student need); 7) Ample use of student interaction (Collaborate and cooperative writing strategies with other students); and 8) Differentiated assessment

A list of tips for content teachers with beginning English learners in their classroom.

This activity can be implemented with elementary, middle, and high school multilingual learners who are in the Entering-Emerging to Developing and Expanding level of English language proficiency. Play scripts can be printed out–one copy for each student–and each character role highlighted so that students know which character role they will read aloud.

3rd-grade lesson plan implementing the 7 steps for pre-teaching vocabulary by Calderon and Slakk (2018): 1) Students repeat word 3xs; 2) Teacher says the word and reads the sentence exactly as it is in the text; 3) Teacher gives dictionary definition; 4) Teacher gives student-friendly definition/example; 5) Teacher highlights one feature of the word- that it is polysemous, cognate, tense, prefix, root word, etc.; 6) In pairs, students ping-pong 5-6 uses of the word in a provided sentence frame (most important step); 7) Teacher assigns opportunity for students to practice the new words in writing, reading, exit tickets.

A 3rd-grade lesson plan that covers: Newcomer Writing using the 8 SIOP components by Short, Echevarria, and Vogt (2016).

I first heard of Jigsaw lessons through a ASCD conference session by Audrey Cohan, Andrea Honigsfeld, and Maria Dove. This type of collaborative work seemed perfect for my 4th grade English Learners and I’ve based this lesson off of that concept using a nonfiction article by Scholastic.